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TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Thu Sep 27, 2007 @ 9:36am neoform

New York Times -- Saying it had the right to block “controversial or unsavory” text messages, Verizon Wireless has rejected a request from Naral Pro-Choice America, the abortion rights group, to make Verizon’s mobile network available for a text-message program. T.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Wed Sep 26, 2007 @ 8:22am neoform

MSNBC -- Europe's main human rights body will vote next week on a resolution opposing the teaching of creationist and intelligent design views in school science classes. The Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly will debate a resolution saying attacks on t.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Tue Sep 11, 2007 @ 4:38pm neoform

Los Angeles Times -- Apple Inc. may bid for the rights to a wireless spectrum auctioned by the Federal Communications Commission, a risky but intriguing move that would help carry the consumer electronics company into the telecommunications realm. Citing unnamed sources, B.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / OPINION Sun Feb 18, 2007 @ 11:02am neoform

ZDNET -- The same week that Microsoft issued a press release providing further details about some of the technological advances that will result from the November 2006 technology agreement between Novell and Microsoft, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told Wall Street.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / OPINION Tue Feb 6, 2007 @ 9:52am mrmdc

BBC News -- The freedoms built in to the net are under attack like never before, argues regular columnist Bill Thompson... Read More

TECHNOLOGY / OPINION Mon Nov 27, 2006 @ 4:13pm neoform

The Register -- The latest problem to be thrown at us, on top of war, global warming, disease etc, is that we are "sleepwalking into a surveillance society"... Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Thu Mar 13, 2008 @ 8:22am neoform

BBC News -- Campaign body the Open Rights Group (ORG) has called for further detail on the workings of ad system Phorm. BT, Virgin and Talk Talk have signed up to trial the system, which intercepts users' web surfing to analyse habits. More than 2,500 people have s.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Tue Nov 20, 2007 @ 8:24am neoform

BBC News -- Animal rights activists are thought to be the first Britons to be asked to hand over to the police keys to data encrypted on their computers. The request for the keys is being made under the controversial Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA)... Read More

TECHNOLOGY / OPINION Wed May 23, 2007 @ 10:44am neoform

Alter Net -- The entertainment industry's latest digital rights management scheme shows that Hollywood studios and electronics manufacturers will do anything to suck more money out of the public. I have a number, and therefore I am a free person. That's the message.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Thu Mar 22, 2007 @ 8:32am neoform

Yahoo News -- The International Olympic Committee said on Thursday it had launched a tendering process for mainland China for the sale of internet and mobile phone platform rights for next year's Beijing Olympics. The IOC has already sold over-the-air TV rights in C.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Tue Jan 16, 2007 @ 9:31am mrmdc

Ars Technica -- For almost ten years now I have argued that digital rights management has little to do with piracy, but that is instead a carefully plotted ruse to undercut fair use and then create new revenue streams where there were previously none. I will briefly repe.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / OPINION Fri Jan 12, 2007 @ 10:26am mrmdc

Ars Technica -- DRM is dying. It's a statement being echoed with increasing frequency around the Web over the last few weeks, and is perhaps best articulated in this Billboard article. Antony Bruno lays out his case for why 2007 will be the year that the major labels ".. Read More